Thursday, May 24, 2012

Future Energy Summit

Congratulations to Dr. Rudiger Tscherning, Director Extraordinaire of the Energy and Environmental Law Forum on the upcoming Future Energy Summit that will take place next week.

From the announcement:

"The summit is dedicated to the question of renewable and nuclear energy as future energy mix options for the Middle East. The conference will involve presentations by our invited experts and we have also scheduled a number of panel discussions on the following topics:

Is Nuclear Energy the right fuel choice for the Middle-East?

National and regional institutions on nuclear regulation and renewable energy promotion and regulation.

The role of regional cooperation on future energy projects.

Incentives and mechanisms to promote renewable energy in the Middle East.

The Forum has secured the participation of a distinguished set of local and international legal, policy and financing experts from KACARE, the World Nuclear Association, IRENA, Qatar Petroleum, Kingdom University in Bahrain, Pinsent Masons LLP and Herbert Smith LLP. Our regional experts will join us from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain and we also have representatives from the Forum’s academic partners at the Energy Center in Austin/Texas and Southern Methodist University/Dallas joining us."